Background: Tuberculosis (TB) and lung cancer cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide and pose a global health threat. Each year these two diseases account for more than 1.6 million deaths worldwide. The incidence of both diseases is still high in many developing countries, especially in Asian countries. TB and lung cancer are often confused and misdiagnosed, especially in countries with diagnostic challenges of low TB incidence and risk of missed diagnosis.Case Presentation: The following is a case report of a 53-year-old male patient diagnosed with pulmonary TB accompanied by right lung cancer, and the same respiratory complaints can be had by lung cancer and TB. However, the presence of facial edema (part of the superior vena cava syndrome) causes clinicians to focus more on lung cancer so that the diagnosis of TB is often overlooked.Conclusion: Tuberculosis should be a significant concern, especially in patients with malignancies such as lung cancer and located in TB endemic areas. Delay in diagnosis and or miss diagnosis will affect the patient's outcome.
Background: COVID-19 has spread rapidly throughout the world with high morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to determine the factors that influenced the outcomes of COVID-19 patients treated at RSUP. Dr. M. Djamil Padang.Methods: This was an observational analytic study conducted with a retrospective cohort design on COVID-19 patients at RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang. Data were taken from medical records from January to March 2021. Association between comorbidities and the outcome of COVID-19 patients were analyzed using Chi- Square/Fisher Exact Test.Results: Majority of the patients were female (56.4%) and aged above 50 years (64.3%). Hypertension was the most common comorbidity (41.1%). Diabetes mellitus affected the final outcome of treatment. The number of comorbidities the patients had was associated with a worse outcome for COVID-19.Conclusion: Most of COVID-19 patients at RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang were male and more than 50 years old. There was a correlation between age, gender, and comorbidities in COVID-19 patients with the outcomes.
Bleeding during bronchoscopy is a serious problem because it can be life-threatening The incidence and severity of bleeding during diagnostic bronchoscopy occurs between 0.26% and 5% of cases depending on the site of the lesion, patient characteristics, and the procedure performed. This case describes a 57year-old male patient who suffered from bleeding during the bronchoscopy cryobiopsy procedure. Decreased oxygen saturation and bleeding ±350cc occurred during the procedure. The success with the use of ice-cold saline and epinephrine was a step taken against the bleeding in this case. Intensive vital sign monitoring and prevention of airway obstruction due to bleeding during the procedure are the keys to success in overcoming the bleeding complications in this case.
Background: Health workers are on the front lines of treating and fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Health workers face COVID-19 patients at work. Health workers are at increased risk of infection if they are not properly protected. Increased risk for health workers can be caused by contact with patients without personal protective equipment (PPE) and surfaces contaminated with the virus. Infected health workers can infect other people around them and will increase the workload of other health workers. One of the efforts to reduce the risk of transmission to health workers is vaccination. Vaccines against COVID-19 are considered very important to prevent and control COVID-19. The aim is to determine the relationship between the COVID-19 vaccine status and the outcomes of healthcare workers treated for confirmed COVID-19 at hospitals throughout Padang.Methods: This observational study was conducted using a retrospective cohort method. The study was conducted from August 2021 to May 2022 in hospitals across Padang by completing a questionnaire in the form of a Google form link. Results: Vaccination status of health workers who survived COVID-19 who were treated at Padang City General Hospital (66.97%) were not vaccinated, aged 26–35 years (57.80%), female (80.73%), worked as paramedics (63, 55%), symptom onset 3 to 7 days (44.95%), number of symptoms 3 (55.96%), most fever (24.68%), number of comorbid 1 to 2 (66.06%), obesity (66.67%), length of stay <21 days (84.40%), and mild clinical (55.96%) and recovered (92.66%). The highest degree of COVID-19 severity for health workers who were not vaccinated was moderate clinical, 42 samples (57.53%), and vaccinated, predominantly mild clinical, 34 samples (94.44%). The duration of stay of health workers vaccinated was higher than that who were not vaccinated (97.22% vs. 78.08%).Conclusion: The vaccination status of health workers who have survived COVID-19 relates to a clinical degree, length of stay, and outpatient treatment.
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